Russia has shut down for navigation the area in the Sea of Azov near the Kerch Strait to conduct live-fire drills on February 18-20, 2019. The exercise is taking place in the western part of the Temryuk Bay, near the Kerch Strait, the Ukrainian Military Portal wrote referring to its sources.
UNIAN: Russian live-fire drills underway near Kerch Strait
This video grab taken from footage of local media Kerch Info on Nov. 25, 2018 shows Russian aircraft flying over the Crimean Bridge that spans the Kerch Strait, a narrow strip that links the Azov and Black seas, as a Russian ship blocks the strait, after Russia fired on and then seized three Ukrainian ships on Nov. 25, accusing them of illegally entering its waters in the Sea of Azov.
